Woman&#39;s garment



- Oct. 16, 1934.

H. ARON SON WOMANS GARMENT Filed July 11, 1933 lnvenToi. Hurry Aronson AITys.

Patented Oct. 16, 1934 UNITED STAT S PATENT; OFFICE 1,977,465 WOMANSGARMENT Harry Aronson, New York, N. 1!.

Application July 11, 1933, Serial No. 679,882

3 Claims. 101. 2-43 This invention relates to improvements in garmentsfor women and more particularly to undergarments known as slips, and theprincipal object of the'invention is to provide a garment 5 having frontand rear sections which are connected at their adjacent ,edges by narrowside strips of elastic insertion extending throughout the entire lengthof the garment to provide elastic seams which will increase the comfortof the garment to the wearer and which will avoid tearing of theseams'when the wearer moves from upright to a stooping or sittingposition.

The invention comprises certain improvements upon the inventiondisclosed in my prior Patent No. 1,265,870, granted May 14, 1918, whichrelates to a skirt comprising an inelastic adjustable waistband andhaving a body portion formed of a plurality of gores of inelasticmaterial, with narrow strips of insertion of relatively elastic materialintermediate of and sewed to adjacent seams of the breadths andextending downwardly from the inelastic waistband to the flounce of thegarment which is of inelastic material. The construction disclosed in myprior patent was particularly designed for tight fitting messalineunderskirts which were then the mode, and the adjacent edges of thegores were connected by elastic insertion to give the skirt sufficientflexibility to enable it to be worn comfortably in walking, and also intending to avoid tearing of the scams or the material of the skirtbetween, the band and flounce which were both of inelastic material.

The present invention as distinguished therefrom comprises improvementsin a womans garment having continuous bust and skirt portions and whichare tailored to fit the form of the wearer and are known in the trade assilhouette garments' and the invention is designed to provide asnug-fitting womans garment from'the bust down to and over the hips witha flare effect below the hips and so constructed that the entire garmentwill yield to every possible movement of the wearer and yet preventbursting of the seams. I Womens dresses are of very sheer material andfolds, wrinkles or seams of slips worn under such dreses are often quitevisible from the f front and also from the rear. It is, therefore, 50quite necessary-that the slips shall be so constructed as to fltthe formoi the-wearer and to avoid the ungainly appearance of the wrinkles andthe appearance :of seams which are emphasized by the tight-fittingslips. The materials of which the slips are made are usually of silk,crepe de Chine, and like delicate materials, which are practicallyinelastic and which, when the gores or panels are stitched together, areeasily torn along the seams which are weakened by the lines of stitchingto secure the adjacent edges thereto. This is particularly true when thesections of the material are tailored lengthwise of the breadths ofcloth of which they are made. As'a consequence, slips and otherclose-fitting garments of this character have been cut on the bias forthe purpose of increasing the elasticity of the garment, and to ameasure overcoming the likelihood of the tearing out at the seams.

Where sections of the garment are thus cut on the bias, the garment islikely to sag, twist, and ride up upon the figure, and particularly atthe shoulders of the garment. Furthermore, slips and other garments thuscut on the bias are difficult to launder'because it is necessary to ironthe sections in the direction of the warps or wefts to preventdistortion of the material. As a consequence, such garments will nothold their shape properly. Furthermore, such garments are much morecostly of production as they require very much more material to cut aslip, or other garment properly on the bias, than to cut the garment ofthe same size lengthwise of the breadth of the material. a

By reason of the present invention a slip, or

other garment of the character described, can be out lengthwise ofthebreadth of the material and properly tailored to fit the wearer and by.uniting the adjacent edges with vertical elastic side seams suiiicientextensibility is provided to the garment-to overcome the tearing out ofthe seams. I

M It is desirable that such garments be made of a plain front sectionand a plain back section united by vertical strips of elastic insertionextending downwardly from beneath the arms of the wearer throughout theentire length of the garment, so that when the strips of elastic inser-Fig. l-is a view of a woman wearing a slip embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of the torso of a woman clad in amodified form of slip embodying the invention;

Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating another modified form of slipembodying the invention;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view through a garment, such as a slipin expanded position illustrating the position of theelastic side seamsportion 3 of substantially the same length as the front. The garment issupported by shoulder straps 4 secured to the upper ends of the frontand back in the usual manner. The front portion 2 and the back 3, asillustrated in Fig. l,

are each desirably formed by a single piece of cloth; such as silk,crepe de' Chine, or the like, and tailored to fit the form of thewearer.

j located at the sides of the garment, a plain front and a plain back isprovided which is free from wrinkles and scams which would show througha dress of shear material, such as silk, etc.

Desirably the front and back of the garment are tailored from thebreadth of the cloth in such manner as to present a continuous plainfront and a continuous plain back formed respectively of a breadth ofcloth having the component threads thereof extending respectively indirections lengthwise and widthwise of said front and back. For economyin manufacture the front and the back of the garment are cut lengthwiseof the cloth and suitably tailored to fit the figure. The strips 5 ofelastic insertion which join the adjacent edges of the front and back toprovide the side seams may be of any suitable elastic material, butpreferably are of an open mesh material embbdying rubber, such as thematerial which is known to the trade as ll-astex" and which is elasticwidthwise, but substantially inelastic lengthwise of the strip.

The garment, such as a' slip having elastic seams of this type whenproperly tailored will fit closely to the ,bust, waist and hips of thewearer. Furthermore, such elastic'seams are of special value in slipsand other garments which are made in accordance with bust measurements,and

will fit difierent figures altlfdugh diiferent people having", the samebust measurements may vary in hip measurements. The front and back whenunited by such elastic seams present uninterrupt ed appearance whenviewed from the front and back as the seams are practically invisibleand pearance.

even when such seams are visible, when viewed from the side, theypresent. an ornamental apseam below the hips.

The front and back portions are connected by narrow strips Such seamsprovide sumcient elasticity to thegarment toenable the wearer to stoopor of the garment may be wider to' provide additional flexibility. Suchwider portions 6 of the side' seams are illustrated in Fig. *2, anddesirably gradually increase in width downwardly from points somewhatbelow the waist and then decrease gradually to merge into the usualwidth of Such wider seams desirably are provided in garments to be wornby people having unusually large hip measurements. In the constructionillustrated in Fig. 2 the bust portion '1 of the garment is speciallytailored to fit the figure.

I A modification of theinvention is illustrated in Fig. 3 in which thebust portion 8 of the garment and preferably also the correspondingsection of the back is made of inextensible cloth and the skirt portion9 of the same material, the bust and waist portions of the garment beingconnected by a waistband 10 of elastic insertion of the character abovedescribed in which the elasticity of the waistband is longitudinal ofthe. garment. The ends of the insertion 10 are connected to the ad-Jacent edges of the elastic seams 5 which extend throughout the fulllength of the garment as heretofore described. In this construction thebust portions 8 of the garment desirably are tailored and the waistbandinsertion also tailored to fit closely-upon the figure of the wearer.

By reason of this construction increased elasticity of the garment isprovided which further avoids strains imposed upon the fabric bystooping or sitting. Greater flexibility of the waist portion isprovided which will avoid relative displacement of the skirt and bustportions and greater comfort consequently experienced by the wearer.

By reason of the construction above described therefore a garment isprovided with is trans-' versely elastic throughout its entire length.It is of suflicient expansibility as td fit figures varying 1.15 in bustand hip proportions. 'Ihe garment can be cut lengthwise of the goodswith economy, and the edges of the front and' back sections when securedtogether by the elastic seams will not tear at the seams. The slip orother garment when thus cut lengthwise of the fabric, or in factcrosswise of the fabric, can be readily laundered and ironed withoutstretching. The garment will not sag, twist or ride up, and can becomfortably worn, thus possessing numerous advantages over the bias cutgarments.

It will be understood that the particular embodiments of the inventionshown and described herein are of an illustrative character and thatvarious modifications in construction and style 1w of the garment may bemade within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Let ters Patent, is:

1. A woman's slip comprising front and .back sections of substantiallyinelastic sheer woven fabric, having the component threads thereofextending vertically lengthwise and horizontally widthwise of therespective sections, tailored to fit. the bust, waist and hips of thewearer. being constricted at the waist, with the skirt portion extendingdownwardly from the hip portion thereof and connected at their edges bycontinuous narrow strips of transversely. highly elastic insertionextend nfl vertically downwardly from the center of the portions beneaththe arms of the wearer through ut the entire length of the slip insubstantial parallelism in the vertical immas of said fabric, therebyproviding a 'non- 15 will not sag, twist or otherwise become distortedby the movements or postures of the wearer.

2. A womans slip comprising front and back sections of substantiallyinelastic sheer woven fabric, having the component threads thereofextending vertically lengthwise and horizontally widthwise of therespective sections, tailored to fit the bust, waist and hips of thewearer, being constricted at the waist, with the skirt portion extendingdownwardly from the hip portion" thereof and connected at their edges bycontinuous narrow strips of transversely highly elastic insertionextending vertically downwardly from the center of the portion beneaththe arms of the wearer throughout the entire length of the a slip -insubstantial parallelism to the vertical threads of said fabric, theinsertion vextending along the hip portions being of graduallyincreasing and then diminishing width to increase the extensibility ofthe seam along the portions of the garment which are subjected toincreased strain when the wearer moves from upright to stopping orsitting position and to avoid distortion of the woven fabric by themovements of the 3. A woman's slip comprising front and sections ofsubstantially'inelastic sheer woven fabric, having the component threadsthereof extending vertically lengthwise and horizontally widthwise ofthe respective sections, tailored to fit the bust, waist and hips of thewearer, being constricted at the waist, with the skirt portion extendingdownwardly from the hip portion thereof and connected at their edges bycontinuous narrow strips of transversely highly elastic insertionextending vertically downwardly from the center of the portions beneaththe arms of the wearer throughout the entire length of the slip insubstantial parallelism to the vertical threads of said fabric, therebyproviding a nontearing seam which when the garment is worn willeffectively be invisible, and a garment which will not sag, twist orotherwise become distorted by the movement or postures of the wearer,and a band of highly elastic insertion .extensihie lengthwise oi thegarment and tailored to ilt the waist of the wearer intermediate of thebust and skirt portions and secured at its ends to the elastic seams.

' Y HARRY ARONSON.

